spectacular landscapes, family-friendly attractions, heritage & adventure parks
Enjoy great days out inland or by the sea, take a family trip and discover some hidden gems. Choose to relax and unwind, enjoy a day at the beach, taste the fine local sourced food at one of the many excellent restaurants or simply explore the great outdoors. Lincolnshire's Northern Countryside has a great deal to offer.
Normanby Hall
Visit this picturesque Regency mansion, Normanby Hall. Explore 300 acres of land including beautiful ancient woodland, walled gardens and children’s outdoor play areas including a Go Ape.
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
Discover this is multi-award winning attraction which will transport you back in time to the 1950’s heyday of this famous port. Explore the crafted sets and original preserved trawler interiors capturing one of the world's most dangerous occupations.
things to do in the area
Humber to The Wash Cycle Route
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
Forest Pines Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort by The QHotels Collection
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
Laceby Manor Spa & Golf Resort
Lincolnshire Llama Cleethorpes
Medieval Maze and Victorian Splendour Cycle Route
Play Avenue – Role Play Centre
Pretty Little Acorns Jewellery
Covenham Reservoir Birdwatching
Far Ings National Nature Reserve Birdwatching
Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park Birdwatching
Messingham Sand Quarry Birdwatching
Messingham Sand Quarry Nature Reserve
‘Tails’ of the Riverbank Cycle Route
Grimsby Revolution Cycle Route
In Search of the Lost Don Cycle Route
Iron and Agriculture Cycle Route
Mysteries of the Marshes Cycle Route
Sandhills and Windmills Cycle Route
John & Charles Wesley, Founders of Methodism
Did you know...
Born in Lincolnshire and living in the little town of Epworth where their father Samuel was the rector. Both John and Charles were ordained, but their activities of study, prayer, prison visiting and fellowship, led bemused observers to describe it as 'Methodist' because they went about their lives so methodically. They visited America and witnessed the cruelties of slavery and began a lifelong passionate disapproval of it. John Wesley's last letter, days before he died in 1791, was written to William Wilberforce, in which he urged the young MP to continue with his efforts to banish 'the execrable villainy' of slavery. In the course of his ministry John Wesley is said to have travelled on horseback some 250,000 miles, around 5,000 miles a year. In 1742, long after his family had left Lincolnshire, John Wesley entered Epworth on a preaching tour. The rector refused him entry to the church, so he jumped onto his father's tomb in the graveyard and began to preach, a large crowd soon gathering. Charles Wesley died in 1788, the 'sweet singer of Methodism' had written an armoury of hymns, including 'Love Divine, All Loves Excelling' sung at many a wedding to this day.
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